Category Archives: The Thing

Hulk vs Thing

Hulk vs Thing sketch cover by film/TV artist, director and writer Mat Nastos.
Mat’s comic work has been published by Marvel, DC, Warp Graphics and his self-publishing company, Nifty Comics. You can find more of his work at his website and DeviantArt page.

Thing Collage

The Thing and a host of Kirby creations adorn this fantastic commission piece (for fellow Kirby-Vision contributor Steve Funnell) courtesy of Loston Wallace.

Third Dimension

Kirby inspired 3D artwork courtesy of Greg Bourlotos. Ex-marine corps Greg designs and installs computer networks for a living and you can find more of his work at his DeviantArt page – here.

Green, Orange, Yellow

Kirby-Vision regular Jay Piscopo treats us to gallery of rogues and heroes.

Hulk Will Smash

Today’s Kirby-goodness comes courtesy of North Carolina based artist, Loston Wallace. First up there’s the Green Goliath himself, which features a mighty colouring job by Steve Downer, followed by a host of sketch-book workouts featuring some favorite grotesques from Tales to Astonish/of Suspense.

Loston is an alumni of the Joe Kubert School of Art and has provided artwork for the role playing industry as well as the DC Comics Licensing Department producing children’s books based on DC’s animated properties. His comic credits include: Klyde & Meriem, Flash Gordon and Lorna, Relic Wrangler. You can find more of Loston’s work at his website and DeviantArt page.

Digital Kirby-Vision

Kyle Latino gets bitten by the Kirby bug with this series of iPad digital sketches.

Savage Thing

Today Kirby-Vision features two gorgeous pieces of Kirby inspired artwork courtesy of Bill Reinhold. Above you will find commission artwork of a surly Ben Grimm in black ink and wash, and below Bill inks Jack’s pencils for a piece that originally appeared in Gary Martin’s The Art of Comic Book Inking.

Bill is a renown penciller/inker who kicked off his comics career in the early eighties. Since then he has worked for all the major comic publishers on a host of books such as The Punisher, The Badger, Earth X, Green Arrow, Detective Comics and Jack of Fables. The co-creator of the Epic Comics mini Spyke, Bill is currently illustrating Magnus Robot Fighter for Dark Horse Comics. For more check out Bill’s extensive portfolio at DeviantArt.

The Thing’s Car Trouble

Presenting the riotous first page from Chris Eliopoulos’ Marvel’s “The Thing” fan comic. You can follow the resulting CARnage over at Chris’ blog, here.

Marvel Two-in-One #74

A three pronged homage here, The Thing and Puppetmaster battle the Island of Mis-fit Toys (from the Rankin/Bass production, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer) in a re-creation of Frank Springer‘s cover for Marvel Two-in-One #74. Penciled and inked by Jeff Potter and colored by Wheeler Hall, it’s a perfect reminder that the holiday season is just around the corner. You can find more of Jeff’s art at his blog and check out Wheeler’s OK-Panic blog, a showcase for upcoming artists.

A Grimm Predicament

The Ultimate Nullifier may strike fear into the heart of Galactus, Ben, but I doubt you’ll ever light that stogie with it. A grimm predicament for The Thing courtesy of Robb Waters.